Healing in Real Time | Ashley Chavez & Donnie Martinez • Society of the Sacred Stoned Apes

In this episode of the Tap Into It Podcast, host Ravyn is joined by Ashley Chavez and Donnie Martinez of the Society of the Sacred Stoned Apes to share Ashley's journey from over 20 years of opioid addiction to profound healing through psychedelic therapy.

Ashley's story begins at 16 with a medical misdiagnosis that led to exploratory surgeries, a cycle of prescriptions, and a system that kept her trapped rather than healed. After walking away from the pills, the emotional pain she had been numbing for decades came rushing to the surface. Desperate for relief, she returned to the Western medical model, cycling through ADHD medications and even 36 rounds of TMS therapy she was never a candidate for. Everything shifted when a white light experience showed her that she could feel everything and still be okay.

Later, a guided DMT session with Donnie gave her the validation and tools to trust the path forward. This episode is a raw, honest look at what it means to heal outside the traditional system, and why even the medicine won't let you skip the work.

✨ You'll learn:

• How DMT can offer a "micro-peep" of expanded consciousness and emotional capacity
• Why harm reduction and wraparound support are essential to working with plant medicine
• What it looks like to move through stuck emotions instead of numbing them

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